Spain: Travel Diaries

Life here in Madrid is truly like a siren call, many speculate that I will never make it back to the States.
Today I really enjoyed the class. I found out what &quot;joder&qu...
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Haven&#x27;t written in a while. Julian is here visiting for a few days on his way to London. Been showing him around, and showing him the good life in Madrid. On Thursday we had ...
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Finally made it to the Rastro (flea market) this past Sunday, bought some stuff, and another sun dress for me. Couldn&#x27;t resist. It&#x27;s really warm here most of the time so...
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Today was a fun filled day of tours and exploring. We started off the day early with a tour of El Prado museum where we were partially able to see famous works by El Greco, Goya...
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Madrid, Spain I got up at 8AM and got ready to head to Starbucks with Brittany; this is where UND students wanted to meet in the morning. We had a very American cup of coffee a...
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All bets are off, and in the prophetic words of Hemingway and Orwell, Madrid is killing me. I don&#x27;t know how to describe the energy of this city, and one needs to simply be h...
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We’ve spent 2 very intense and interesting days in Barcelona. Barcelona is a great city with so many sights to see. The Barrio Gotico (Gothic Quarter) with the old cathedral, the ne...
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We arrived in the city of Malaga Thursday morning. Malaga is in Andalucia southern Spain, beautiful place. Yesterday we drove down the coast and was a very enjoyable drive. Beauti...
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Last night, I met Pablo at a great tapas bar or as they also called them here here “pinchos”. I actually don’t care what they called, they are fun! I met Pablo while traveling to ...
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I had a great time in Gernika. It was sad to leave, but again, I get sad every time I have to leave a place. By the way, Gernika is the place immortalized by Picasso in his painti...
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As you all know Kathleen and I are in France right now and we are having a great time. We’ll be leaving for Spain tomorrow. We are going to Maria’s wedding in Granada, Spain. Fir...
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